Celebrating Music in Our Schools Month:
Numerous events planned at GCSD throughout the month of March

Feb. 23, 2012—March is national Music In Our Schools
Month (MIOSM)! In celebration, Guilderland Central School District is proud
to announce a month full of events demonstrating excellence in music
education:

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On March 5, Guilderland High School senior Halli Travers will be
performing with the All State Jazz ensemble on NYSSMA Day at the Albany
Convention Center. There is an 11 a.m. performance in the concourse as well
as an evening reception with state legislators beginning at 6 p.m.

•Throughout the month, GCSD will welcome touring collegiate ensembles
including the Bowling Green State University Men's Chorus, who will be
performing at Guilderland High School on March 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The
High School Chamber Choir is scheduled to open that show. On March 7, the
Fredonia Brass Ensemble will perform at Farnsworth Middle School beginning
at 2 p.m. On March 16, the Potsdam Pitches (an acapella group) will be on
stage at GHS beginning at 9 a.m.

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March also features student theatrical productions: Farnsworth Middle
School MASK presents “Fiddler on the Roof” from March 9-11 and the
Guilderland Players of Guilderland High School present “Hairspray” from
March 15-18.

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On March 12, several student ensembles are slated to perform at the
Empire State Plaza. The Farnsworth Middle School Select Band and the FMS
Jazz Ensemble will perform in the South Concourse beginning at 12:25 p.m. On
March 26, the Guilderland High School Chamber Choir will perform in the
South Concourse beginning at 11:30 a.m. Both concerts are free and open to
the public.

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On March 21, the community is invited to attend the annual Cabaret at
FMS, featuring the jazz and stage bands from the Middle and High Schools.
Students demonstrate their creativity through improvisation; the
instantaneous creation of music in the moment.

Music In Our Schools Month is
a nationwide event saluting excellence in music education. MENC: The
National Association for Music Education sponsors this annual celebration,
which focuses national attention on the importance of music in our schools.
This year’s theme is “Music Lasts a Lifetime.”

We invite you to witness excellence at every
developmental stage of music education by attending one or more of the
events listed above. For more information, please contact District Music
Administrator Lori Hershenhart at 861-8591, ext. 1106.